Clint Boulton

IBM said it has invested $140 million in a new system that helps improve the way banks process financial transactions. Based on a service oriented architecture (SOA), the Core Systems Transformation (CST) solution is an answer to aging back-office systems that can’t quite keep up with increasing volumes of mortgages, loans and deposits. CST consists […]

Sun Microsystems officials made a great effort to convince skeptics how its offer to acquire SeeBeyond isn’t a hole filler but rather an extension of Sun’s evolving strategy to reap more revenues from software. Sun’s sketchy record with software acquisitions isn’t going to stop the company intent on consolidating the industry, expanding into new verticals […]

Sun Microsystems has agreed to buy SeeBeyond Technology for $387 million in cash to shore up its service oriented architecture (SOA) plans. The deal is a 29.6 percent premium over Monday’s closing price for SeeBeyond’s stock. SeeBeyond, whose 2,000 customers include HP, Halliburton and General Motors, makes a Java-based software suite that helps companies integrate […]

UPDATED: AMD has filed an antitrust complaint against Intel in U.S. federal district court, accusing the company of unlawfully maintaining a monopoly in the x86 microprocessor market by shunting customers away from AMD. AMD is claiming Intel paid companies like Dell and Toshiba not to do business with AMD, and paid Sony millions for exclusivity. […]

HP is expanding its consulting services to include service oriented architectures (SOA). SOAs are increasingly popular methods of distributed computing. SOAs are used as a base for Web services and ensure accurate communication among applications. SOAs are spreading because of the flexibility they can attach to rigid legacy systems, said Uday Kumaraswami, vice president of […]

HP is boosting its backup tape drive portfolio for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB), including the industry’s first digital audio tape (DAT) USB tape drives. As part of the company’s Smart Office initiative, HP unveiled its StorageWorks DAT 72 and DAT 40 USB tape drives, which transfer data using the USB 2.0 interface. Because the […]

In a move that reflects the growing popularity of the open source platforms, BEA Systems is adding support for the Spring Framework for developing Java-based Web applications, and the open source Web application framework, Apache Struts. Going forward, BEA WebLogic Workshop and other tools will be designed to allow applications to be built or blended […]

Sun Microsystems has created a new workstation for computer-aided design engineers and software developers that has a lower entry cost point than competing machines. Sun’s position with engineers who do graphic models for scientific visualization and representations of jet engines and the like is nothing new. The company has shipped more than one million workstations […]

BMC Software’s integration of Calendra and OpenNetwork have borne fruit in the form of an improved identity management suite. Now stocked with Web access management, federated identity and improved workflow, the suite will allow users to sign on to the Web once and navigate home-baked and third-party applications, said Somesh Singh, vice president and general […]

Verizon Wireless has extended its third-generation network in New York and New Jersey, giving itself a broader audience to market money-making services to. The Bedminster, N.J., carrier’s network supports BroadbandAccess, a mobile Internet service for laptops, and Vcast, a content package featuring news, sports and entertainment video clips for handsets. The offerings cost $79.99 and […]

BEA Systems is adrift on an ocean of information these days. One of the top middleware providers in the world, the company has set sail on a course for “enterprise liquidity,” where bits and bytes of data are exchanged seamlessly between applications with no regard to the technology. Just a year after flirting with the […]

Cast Iron Systems is rolling out its second generation of integration appliances after winning over more than 40 customers. Cast Iron’s appliances perform similarly to IBM’s integration software, or that of Tibco, WebMethods or Informatica products. The main difference, according to CEO Fred Meyer, is that Cast Iron cheats by eliminating adapters, or software hooks, […]